Rank
2637of 3,144
Snohomish, Washington
Score 5.32 / 10· population 844,761
About 844,800 people live in Snohomish, Washington. It ranks #2,637 of 3,144 counties for liberty, and #26 of 39 in Washington. The combined sales tax is 9.29%, higher than in 96% of counties. Property tax takes about 0.72% of a home's value each year, less than in 51% of counties. Local government employs a smaller share of working residents than in 65% of counties. The homicide rate is higher than in 53% of counties. Life expectancy is about 79.3 years, longer than in 86% of counties. Air quality is better than in 61% of counties (a typical day's air quality index is 39), and flood and hurricane risk is higher than in 92% of counties. On this site's state scores, Washington gets 6.34 of 10 for economic freedom, based on the Fraser Institute's ranking, and 2 of 10 for gun rights.
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Eleven factors
Government behavior
- Fraser Institute state ranking (state)6.3
- 2A (state)2.0
- GOP + LP vote for President3.9
- Sales tax1.6
- Property tax6.4
Environment
- Air quality6.1
- Floods / hurricanes0.4
Private behavior
- Homicide rate8.4
- Life expectancy9.3
- Government employees6.4
- Single-parent households8.1